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MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Gene Hammett – author of The Trap of Success: A Brutally Candid Guide to Overcoming Your Fears, Finding Significance, and Achieving Profound Success

October 10, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Mastermind Your Launch

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Gene Hammett - author of The Trap of Success: A Brutally Candid Guide to Overcoming Your Fears, Finding Significance, and Achieving Profound Success

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Gene Hammett/Author

Gene Hammett works with companies to discover new strategies for growth. From small businesses to large corporations, he presents his ideas on becoming THE choice, not A choice, and unleashing the entrepreneurial spirit by activating internal brand ambassadors for companies. Gene’s podcast, Leaders in the Trenches, has been recognized by Inc. and Entrepreneur for its insight on marketing and sales leadership.

Gene is also the author of The Trap of Success: A Brutally Candid Guide to Overcoming Your Fears, Finding Significance, and Achieving Profound Success. A regular contributor to Entrepreneur, Gene has also been featured in Forbes, Success, Business Insider, and Inc.

Contact Gene via email directly at gene@leadersinthetrenches.com or via the Contact page.

Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch

Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.

Brock Kolls with TechConnectHub.com & TechSquare Labs, Edward Getty with TechConnectHub.com, and Kacie Lett Gordon with 352 Inc.

October 10, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Brock Kolls with TechConnectHub.com & TechSquare Labs, Edward Getty with TechConnectHub.com, and Kacie Lett Gordon with 352 Inc.

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John Ray, Brock Kolls, Kacie Lett Gordon, Edward Getty

Brock Kolls/TechConnectHub.com & TechSquare Labs

Brock Kolls is a serial entrepreneur who develops market-changing technology by identifying and capturing intellectual property around breakthrough innovation. He is a prolific inventor and U.S. Patent Agent. He took a FinTech startup to a successful NASDAQ exit. He was a member of Coca-Cola R&D and started Coca-Cola’s global open innovation program, scouting for technologies worldwide. Now his focus is TechConnectHub.com (TCH), an online innovators community he founded to connect corporates with innovation needs to researchers, entrepreneurs, and startups who have solutions. TechSquare Labs is a TCH innovation hub where he leads a corporate innovation program. He is also a co-founder of Enterprise Innovation, an event series focused on the interface between corporate innovation and the startup community.

Edward Getty/TechConnectHub.com

Dr. Ed Getty has over 28 years of R&D Technology Management & Strategy experience gained over twenty years while creating and managing world-class open/external innovation business models, processes and capabilities for:

– The Procter & Gamble Company: Connect + Develop(SM) Program
– The Coca-Cola Company: External Technology Acquisition Program
– Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: Global External Alliance Program
– Mars Incorporated: Global External Innovation Program

Through his external innovation journeys, Dr. Getty has been mentoring and cultivating entrepreneurs and startups in how to work with large enterprises, helping develop mutually beneficial relationship agreements, and coaching the startup community on how to move from prototype to commercial scale.

He is currently Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at TechConnectHub.com where he is working to connect corporate innovation challenges to capabilities and solutions from researchers, entrepreneurs, and startup communities around the world.

Kacie Lett Gordon/352 Inc.

Kacie Lett Gordon is the VP of Client Engagement at 352 Inc., a product development and innovation firm based in Tech Square. 352 works with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies to ideate, validate and accelerate growth opportunities. She is also the Co-Founder of EnterpriseInnovation.com, and the Atlanta-based Enterprise Entrepreneurship Series. The event series brings together corporate innovation and business leaders to create community around best practices and thought leadership. 352 has helped companies like Cox Automotive, INVISTA, Verizon Telematics and Fifth Third Bank transform their businesses.

Jay Millwood with Homestar Financial Corporation and Mark Sherwin with Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

October 5, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jay Millwood with Homestar Financial Corporation and Mark Sherwin with Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

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Steven Julian, Jay Millwood, Mike Sammond

Jay Millwood/Homestar Financial Corporation

Homestar Financial Corporation‘s purpose is to maintain a strong reputation as an honest mortgage company offering outstanding customer service, and exceptional community relationships. They strive as a company to meet the needs and wants of their customers, ensuring the client arrives at “the easiest way home”. They offer FHA, USDA, VA, conventional, and jumbo home loans.

Mark Sherwin/Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

Sonesta is a growing, global hospitality brand with more than 60 properties in seven countries, centered on a corporate dedication to delivering a guest experience that provides more than just a place to stay. With a portfolio of diverse and distinctive properties as individual as its guests, there is no typical Sonesta. With a full range of exceptional experiences found in many of the most memorable destinations in the world, Sonesta proudly exceeds guest’s expectations time and time again.

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Kimberly Graver, Susan Smith and Maranda Bennett with E-Transform

October 3, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Mastermind Your Launch

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Kimberly Graver, Susan Smith and Maranda Bennett with E-Transform

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Kimberly Graver, Stefanie Diaz, Maranda Bennett, Susan Smith

Kimberly Graver, Susan Smith and Maranda Bennett/E-Transform

The team at E-Transform began with one simple goal in mind; to revolutionize the call center business. Many have seen business done the wrong way, and they have set out to change it. They are proactive, instead of reactive. Their internal corporate culture reflects the way they do business – with respect, communication, and a positive and energetic attitude. This successful model has transferred to their other related lines of service as well. They like “e” words. One of their favorites is execution. They truly believe that the secret to a successful business model is exceptional execution all the time. And that is what E-Transform gives you. They push themselves to go the extra mile, provide the same level of service they want to receive, and think “out of the box” by providing flexible pricing models.

Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch

Luke Keller with Amplio Recruiting, Diane Dixon with Stryde Savings, and Alex Porter with FOX Digital Strategies

October 3, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Luke Keller with Amplio Recruiting, Diane Dixon with Stryde Savings, and Alex Porter with FOX Digital Strategies

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John Ray, Luke Keller, Diane Dixon, Alex Porter

Luke Keller/Amplio Recruiting

Luke Keller with Amplio Recruiting grew up in the Atlanta area and attended Samford University in Birmingham, AL. After school, he worked in business development for Lauren Construction, based in Texas. He then became the Executive Director of The Lantern Project in Clarkston training refugees in construction skills such as welding, pipe-fitting, electrical, masonry and carpentry. Over 200 men have graduated the program since inception and has had an incredible impact on the Atlanta economy. Luke and his wife Mallory believe every refugee deserves an opportunity to provide for their family as well as bring tremendous value to local companies.

Diane Dixon/Stryde Savings

Stryde Savings helps companies obtain large federal tax credits and expense reductions that would otherwise go uncaptured. Their proprietary software identifies tax incentives, tax credits, and corporate expense reductions. On average for a small to mid-size company, they are able to identify over $200K in savings. Stryde now provides business owners with their own Tax Credit Web Portal where they can screen for their own tax credits by answering a few simple questions. Stryde has a team of Consultants, Project Managers, Engineers, Intellectual Property Attorneys and Expense Auditors who work together seamlessly to uncover specialized tax incentives and expense reductions. They focus on saving you money so you can focus on your business.

Alex Porter/FOX Digital Strategies

The combination of FOX 5 Atlanta and FOX Digital Strategies together delivers a comprehensive marketing platform that is focused on making your cash register ring. FOX Digital Strategies and FOX 5 Atlanta provide a complete suite of marketing products that include website development, social marketing, digital engagement and television advertising. That means FOX can deliver results for businesses of any size and any budget. FOX Digital Strategies would like to partner with local business owners who are focused on bottom-line results so together they can uncover your goals, needs and challenges in order to create a custom marketing solution that gets results.

Jason Moss and Marjorie Dykes with the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance

September 29, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jason Moss and Marjorie Dykes with the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance

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Jason Moss, Marjorie Dykes, Steven Julian

Jason Moss and Marjorie Dykes/Georgia Manufacturing Alliance

Serving Georgia manufacturing businesses, the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance provides monthly plant tours, educational sessions and networking opportunities designed to help make profitable business connections for our members. GMA is one of the fastest growing communities of manufacturing professionals in the state.

During most events, each participant is given the opportunity to introduce themselves and their business to all of the members. After the introductions are complete, each member has an opportunity to share business ideas or pose a question to the group. All attendees are also treated to a guest speaker’s helpful presentation and take back with them valuable and useful knowledge.

TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Cooper O’Brien Memorial Golf Tournament

September 29, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Cooper O'Brien Memorial Golf Tournament

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Broadcasting from The River Club golf course in Suwanee, GA

“We had an INCREDIBLE show today broadcasting LIVE from the Coopers Crew Golf Tournament at The River Club! Thank you Tom Vooris of ChoicesToYou.com for connecting us all. Inspiring doesn’t even begin to describe the guests we had on today’s show!

Mark Myers, Director of Communications for CURE Childhood Cancer started by sharing why Cure is changing and SAVING lives. Mark lost his own daughter to cancer and made a career change to Cure to honor his daughter.

Our second guest was Elena Tate, a two-time pediatric cancer survivor, who happened to benefit from a trial that Cure provided. She also received a scholarship from Coopers Crew that is allowing her to attend Georgia Gwinnett College for pediatric psychology! The craziest part of her story was that her younger sister also battled cancer TWICE!

Last but not least, we interviewed Donna O’Brien, Cooper’s mom. She shared more about all of the amazing things Coopers Crew does for the pediatric cancer community ❤.”

-Tiffany Krumins

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Stefanie Diaz with W.O.E. (Women Only Entrepreneurs)

September 28, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Mastermind Your Launch

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Stefanie Diaz with W.O.E. (Women Only Entrepreneurs)

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
6pm – 9pm The Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta, GA

W.O.E. (WOMEN ONLY ENTREPRENEURS) is a night of galvanizing unstoppable women to be empowered and comfortable in their own skin while being united and uplifted in sisterhood.

Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch

Legacy Gifts: Should You Include Your Charities In Your Estate Plan?

September 27, 2017 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Legacy Gifts: Should You Include Your Charities In Your Estate Plan?

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Millie Baumbusch, Shari Martin, Dale Hughes, Lula Dawit, Craig Frankel

Dale Hughes/Jeremiah

Originally from Albany, Georgia, Dale grew up “all over” as his father was a career military man, so he thrives in new situations, embraces diversity and ideas, and loves taking on a challenge.

A graduate of Emory University (B.B.A., Accounting) and The University of Georgia School of Law, Dale has been working with businesses of all sizes—including some of Georgia’s most respected companies—for 30 years in the roles of providing legal counsel, advising private shareholders, managing real estate initiatives, and serving in various corporate capacities. He was managing partner for the Atlanta office of the national law firm, Dow Lohnes. He was a Senior Vice President at Cox Enterprises where he worked with the legal department, the real estate department, the family office/foundation and the energy department during his time at Cox.

Now, he and his wife, Cindy run a family business named Jeremiah that focuses on historic buildings, community projects including new business incubation and mentoring. Among their incubation investments are community restaurants, a soccer company and a learning and work performance software company named one of the “Coolest New Businesses in America” by Business Insider. In their real estate and consulting efforts, they focus on renovation and revitalization in historic downtown areas. He also has taught Business Law and Business Ethics as an Adjunct Professor. His priority, however, is family and he is very proud of his three children: Lauren, Lindsey and Luke. Dale is also a mentor to individuals and businesses and has a love for investing in others through volunteering in programs with focuses on the needs of our local communities and individuals. His favorite pastime is driving around in his truck with his daughters’ dogs, Scout and Lucy, thinking about ways to grow and build community.

Lula Dawit/Woodruff Arts Center

Lula S. Dawit was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida and moved to Atlanta in 2010 after completing her JD and Masters in Taxation from the University of Florida. Lula is the Director of Planned Giving for the Woodruff Arts Center. Prior to joining the Woodruff Arts Center, Lula managed Spelman College’s planned giving program. Prior to Spelman, Lula worked as a wills, trusts, and probate attorney in Atlanta.

Lula is an active member of the Fiduciary Planning and Taxation sections of the Georgia Bar. She was a member of the 2014 LEAD Atlanta and is president of the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art’s advisory board at Kennesaw State University. On her spare time, Lula enjoys reading, camping and visiting national parks

Shari Martin/Cobb Community Foundation

After five years on its Board of Directors including one as Board Chair, Shari B. Martin stepped into the role of Executive Director of the Cobb Community Foundation (CCF) in 2017. Shari’s personal passion is to help others to help others, a phrase which has also become the mantra for CCF.

Shari’s background of 30 years in the wealth management industry provided a firm foundation for her to lead this growing community foundation. She began her career at SunTrust when it was still known as Trust Company Bank in 1986, served as Regional Manager for Synovus Trust Company, then ended her wealth management career as a Principal with Diversified Trust Company. It was there that she learned about the Cobb Community Foundation and the impact it is having in the region. Shari remains a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council and is also now a member of Marietta Kiwanis.

Shari was raised in Atlanta and obtained her B.A. from Furman University in Greenville, SC. She has resided in Atlanta since college. She has two grown sons, Michael and Matthew Harvey, of whom she is immensely proud, and is married to the love of her life, Tom Martin. Shari and Tom are active members of North Point Community Church.

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